The age you started biking and why...

**Grub** · 31st December 2007, 19:37

16, I was the junior at an Ad Agency and we had a bike to courier artwork and copy around ... they even paid me as well!

First bike I paid for was a Yammy DT360 ... ferk the compression on those could sting the calf muscle

**offrd** · 31st December 2007, 19:39

12, Mates YZ80 unknown to the olds

, Until i got hooked up in a fence and dinner forked my arm

, hard to hide from that when you got to have a general ansethetic to get it put back in place.......

1st road bike at 15, licence at 16 after getting pulled up cruising on the footpath with no helmet......

Bikes on and off ever since.....

**EJK** · 31st December 2007, 19:40

18

Because cars are too expensive

**Steam** · 31st December 2007, 19:41

28

Because cars are too expensive

**EJK** · 31st December 2007, 19:51

Originally Posted by Steam

28

Because cars are too expensive

DAMN RIGHT!!!!!! I want to give you green rep but I've gave you one already about 30 seconds ago on other thread....

**Daffyd** · 31st December 2007, 19:52

Vicky moped at school, then 37 year gap to a small bike.
First serious bike at 64.

**rwh** · 31st December 2007, 19:56

35, for the hell of it.

Richard

**kevfromcoro** · 31st December 2007, 20:02

Originally Posted by Grub

16, I was the junior at an Ad Agency and we had a bike to courier artwork and copy around ... they even paid me as well!

First bike I paid for was a Yammy DT360 ... ferk the compression on those could sting the calf muscle

Had one of those in my younger days.DT 360..went like fuck.
think i still got the bruises on my leg where the thing would backfire when starting.handelled like a pig.its a wonder we are still here..
later moved on to IT Yams...soft suspension.. wot a joy to ride

**Chill** · 31st December 2007, 20:09

Originally Posted by banditrider

Played around on some farm bikes as a young fella until the old man found a TS185 in the paper - seized but only $120. I was about thirteen and that was a lot of money for me but the bike was running in no time and I was hooked.

First road bike at about 17 - again the old man was the bad influence and located the mighty 250.

We're both still hooked....

That's interesting, i got in huge shit with the parents for getting my bike. the old lady works in a hospital.. unfortuantely she sees too many of us bikers

**erik** · 31st December 2007, 20:11

22 (4 years ago).

My brother got a bike, I was thinking about getting one, I found kiwibiker, then the next year was starting uni and a bike would be a good way to get into the city (free parking) so that was my excuse.
Weird thing is before I was 22 or so I never really thought about motorcycles. I liked cycling as a kid, then got into r/c airplanes, but never thought about bikes. Now motorcycling is a fairly central part of my life.

**Grub** · 31st December 2007, 20:12

Originally Posted by kevfromcoro

Had one of those in my younger days.DT 360..went like fuck, handeled like a pig.its a wonder we are still here..
later moved on to IT Yams...soft suspension.. wot a joy to ride

I didn't know what bad handling was so I used to get both feet touching going around Latimer Square, Chch on the way to work ... right, left, left, right ... sweet

**Conquiztador** · 31st December 2007, 21:09

Originally Posted by Anthrax

Is that because you had mirrors?

No. It would have had more to do with the realisation that when on a bike I had found what I was longing for, the freedom, the danger, the rebellion. But mostly it was that suddenly the girls who had never noticed me started writing me small notes at school...I will never forget Regina with the big bazookas who...hmmm, maybe for another thread...

**McJim** · 31st December 2007, 21:17

First motorbike 14 years old - 50cc 2 stroke. Then nothing until 35 years old. Got the bike to beat the Auckland motorway traffic and got addicted.

**banditrider** · 31st December 2007, 21:25

Originally Posted by Chill

That's interesting, i got in huge shit with the parents for getting my bike. the old lady works in a hospital.. unfortuantely she sees too many of us bikers

Interestingly my old man got snapped riding his first bike without a helmet (ok back then) and his old man was none to pleased. Guess I was a bit luckier...